India, Feb. 27 -- London: The case for the extradition by the Government of India of Nirav Deepak Modi (RP, Requested Person) is being seen as a landmark case setting a really important precedent that it is possible for defendants to get a fair trial in India. The old arguments that fugitives and terrorists have used about overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in Arthur Road Jail no longer have any traction.

The case was heard at Westminster Magistrates Court. The RP appeared virtually from HMP Wandsworth, by special arrangement. District Judge Sam Goozee summarised the two charges, first from the CBI for a large scale "Ponzi-like" fraud on the Punjab National Bank (PNB) and from the ED for laundering the fraud; the first case has two e...